The Military Doctor Excels at Being a Contracted Duchess - Chapter 68

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【Chapter 68】

When you get yellow fever, you develop high fever and headaches. Your body trembles violently, and it becomes difficult to walk.

Then it seems to get better for a while.

That’s as far as stage 2 goes.

‘Once it progresses to stage 3, there’s nothing you can do. Honestly, there’s no medicine for it either.’

When the eyes or skin turn yellow and they start vomiting blood, then there’s truly nothing left to do but pray.

“We should at least save the people we can save.”

“…God truly doesn’t seem to let you rest.”

“Perhaps He sent me back to prevent something like this.”

The two looked at each other and nodded.

Since people were dying, it wasn’t a matter to smile about.

“Come to think of it, I remember receiving a report before. Yellow fever broke out in one of the southern port cities, with casualties reaching a thousand people.”

“Ah…”

“I was abroad at the time, so I received the report quite late. This time… at least many people will be saved.”

Was their being in Tarifa now also some kind of fate’s guidance?

They could save many lives by preventing war, but they could also save lives by preventing and treating disease.

‘So… in the end, we two might have returned to the past to save countless lives.’

God doesn’t answer because humans must decide their own path.

Though nothing was certain, Ebel decided to believe that on her own.

“Victor, we need a patient shelter. And check if there are any water puddles in the 10th District and cover them with soil. Just do it like we did before.”

“Understood.”

“Please set up a clinic in the town square. Yellow fever doesn’t spread from person to person. Mosquitoes are the problem.”

Wells needed to be covered, and very fine mesh nets had to be placed over the sewers.

Also, they had to make each household dispose of stored water and supply clean fresh water.

Until this disease retreated.

There were many other things to do, but since Victor also had memories of that battle, there was no need to say more.

“Bring oil. We need to spray it where mosquito larvae are swarming. We’ll also need coarse fabric to cover windows. Contact the estate. Tell them this needs urgent handling.”

“Yes.”

Victor left the coffee house and called over a subordinate who was waiting nearby to give orders.

Ebel, who had been watching thoughtfully without surprise, suddenly stood up and headed to the flower shop across the street.

“Do you have lavender here? Rosemary or bay leaves would work too.”

“Pardon? Yes, we do…”

“I’ll buy everything, so bring it all to the town square. And tell the nearby flower shops to bring all their inventory too. Bayern will pay for it.”

“Ba, Bayern?”

The flower shop owner’s eyes widened.

Since there was no time to explain, Ebel hurried to move.

‘It started in the 10th district and is still here. The 1st district is safe. But we don’t know when the 8th and 7th districts might get infected.’

If birds carried the disease, you could just shoot them, but mosquitoes couldn’t be dealt with that way.

“Greetings, my lady. I am Litvan from the Bavaria Intelligence Department. I’ve been assigned to guard you. Please let me know if you need anything.”

While Victor was moving quickly to handle things, a man approached Ebel standing in the town square and bowed politely.

He had such an ordinary appearance that he could blend in anywhere, present or absent without notice.

Strangely, even though he was right in front of her, his presence seemed faint.

“Mr. Litvan, nice to meet you. Can the clinic be set up right now?”

“It should be resolved within an hour, generously speaking. Rather than standing, how about resting in the shade? You’ll be busy when patients start flocking here.”

“That sounds good. Contact all the nearby wholesalers too. When you burn herbs, they give off a scent that mosquitoes absolutely hate.”

Right, no matter how urgent she felt, preparations took time.

When Ebel indicated she would sit, an awning was instantly set up around her.

Then Litvan’s subordinates lined up near the awning.

‘No, I thought he just meant to go inside somewhere.’

Having instantly drawn tremendous attention, Ebel buried her face in her hands.

‘Ah… but where did all these people come from?’

Was there something like a Bavaria Intelligence Department Tarifa branch?

Ebel newly realized she didn’t know much about Victor.

What kind of person was Victor as head of the Intelligence Department, whom he hadn’t yet shown her?

How disciplined was his Intelligence Department that they could gather so quickly?

“What’s going on?”

“Who knows. Maybe some important person came.”

“But why are they taking over the town square?”

Since it probably seemed like noble showing off, the overheard comments weren’t very favorable.

When military tents for the clinic were set up, the murmuring grew worse.

Just then.

“It’s the Admiral!”

“The Admiral has come!”

Ah, that’s right.

She had heard that Tarifa, recognized for its special nature, was governed by an Admiral from the Navy.

From people’s reactions, it seemed he had governed well so far.

“Greetings, Duchess. I am Ivan Dewin. I also attended the wedding ceremony previously.”

The Admiral who stopped in front of the awning was an old man with a completely bald head.

As soon as he saw her, he removed his hat and bowed, making the murmuring grow even louder.

“Duchess? Really?”

“Would the Admiral greet her like that if she were fake?”

“Wow, to think I’d see the Duchess in my lifetime!”

The atmosphere in the town square, which had been full of doubt, changed to awe.

Though the flocking gazes were burdensome, this was an opportunity.

Victor had probably arranged this.

Ebel rose from under the awning and approached the Admiral with a gentle smile on her lips.

“I heard there’s an epidemic in the 10th district. Confirming the facts comes first, but if left alone, it could spread instantly, so I took measures first. Don’t worry too much.”

“This is most gracious. Had I known you were here, I would have hosted you at the Admiral’s residence, but I failed to hear the news.”

“I came secretly on purpose, so don’t worry about it. I was just here on my honeymoon.”

Before long, herbs were piled in bundles in one corner of the town square.

Ebel walked over there without hesitation and picked up a sprig of lavender.

“Burning herbs can drive away evil things. We need to light these throughout the entire 10th district. Just in case, all the nearby districts too.”

“I shall obey your command.”

If she tried explaining about mosquitoes being disease vectors, they wouldn’t believe it anyway.

Having explained it in an easily understandable way, Ebel looked around at the people who seemed ready to rush at the herbs immediately.

“We need to arrange for orderly, gradual distribution.”

“I shall do so. I happen to have brought soldiers with me.”

“Have the soldiers separately prepare what’s to be sent to the 10th district. It must be burned bit by bit starting immediately from today.”

The last words were directed at the people listening.

Word would spread from mouth to mouth about creating a scent that ‘evil things’ dislike.

“Haah, huk, heok! I’m a doc, doctor!”

“I’m also a doctor, doc, heok…!”

While soldiers were lining up the crowd, several people came running from the north carrying bags.

Seeing how they ran until sweat beaded on them, this was probably Victor’s work too.

‘He’s handling things one by one.’

The doctors wearing glasses half-collapsed while clutching their medical bags.

Ebel gladly extended her hand to help them all up.

“Welcome. My name is Ebel Bayern. Your hard work will be sufficiently rewarded later.”

“Oh no, not at all. When the Duke personally came to find us, how could we…”

The doctors, sweating profusely, looked around and then gazed at the tent.

“Um, would it be alright if I conduct examinations over there?”

“Catch your breath first.”

The people watching began murmuring this time, “It looks like the House of the Grand Duke is going to provide treatment!”

What was amazing was that all of this had been arranged in less than 2 hours.

‘This is the true power of the House of the Grand Duke.’

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